Warning about Carrageenan side effects

Bridget mums - warning about any FOOD label that lists itself as being: ALL NATURAL , NO PRESERVATIVES etc. as it can be misleading.

My kids had a reaction to the chemical number 412, 407 in the Lactose Free Milk. Then they had a reaction to the other All Natural Milk.

The ingredients listed in the all natural milk are such, milk, sugar, malt, cocoa , carrageenan. As a general rule I only glance now days for numbers eg. 631, 621, 481 etc... but many companies get around this by listing the botanical name.

In this instance, Carrageenan, a natural product, but not naturally found in milk, turns into a jelly like form and helps bond the chocolate and milk together. It is an extract from a sea weed and very similar to agar.

What is undesirable about it , is the fact it stimulates glutamate in the body and is similar to MSG or any sodium glutamate. Personally they make me thirsty, snappy, give me a headache and i wake up like i had a glass of wine too many. Obviously in my kids it leads to hyper-activity and silliness. Oh yes, they all immediately go to the toilet after they have any thing with it in.

So be ware of chocolate milks, yogurts, milo and icecream as they are often used in those products. if your kids play up after eating those things, look for carrageenan, or 407, 412 on the indredients list and you will know the kids have an intolerance to that additive.

good luck mummy and daddy bridgets

Yummy new salad and Kangaroo

Bidgets
try this meal -
Kangaroo meat - that's right - skippy. Leanest red meat, less carbon emissions than beef, no hormones, no caging etc....

Salad -
1 beetroot (raw)
1/4 Cos lettuce
1/2 cup milleil cheese or parmesan
splash of salad dressing - we used soy, extra virgin organic olive oil
would also lend itself to finely chopped ginger root, garlic and mint.

Health - extremely high
Taste - sensational!
Time to prepare - 10 minutes (5 mins for roo meat to "Sit")
Zone combo - protein 40 : carb 30, fats 30.
Calories - who cares!

Give it a go Bridgets - it's yummy,

Bridget

Kids are coming of age very quickly

Bridgets hold onto your hats,
No amount of warning, education or speculation can prepare you for the unexpected from your 9 year daughter.

Naive your's truly asked her what lesbians (as she had mentioned the word in her current little ditty).

Her response: "Mummy lesbian are girls who are married together." Like Kicking and Screaming - thanks Will Farell.

Kids are very matter of fact. My heart rate is still zipping around like a bee but hers has well and truly moved on.

enjoy motherhood, Bridgets